With LaVar Ball in attendance, Lonzo Ball has second workout with Los Angeles Lakers

With the NBA draft less than a week away, Lonzo Ball worked out for the Los Angeles Lakers for the second time on Friday to give them an up-close look at his training regimen and work ethic.

Questions were raised about Ball’s conditioning after his first workout for the Lakers, and the former UCLA star even acknowledged that the drills made him tired.

At an unspecified location in the Los Angeles area near his home, Ball did his normal on-court routine, ran hills and lifted weights, showing the team’s brass how he conditions and getting some face-to-face time. Ball’s father, LaVar Ball, who had not been invited to Lonzo’s first workout at the Lakers’ facility in El Segundo on June 7, was present for Friday’s workout.

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Boston and Philadelphia are discussing a trade for the Celtics’ No. 1 pick in next Thursday’s NBA draft, sources say. The 76ers hold the No. 3 pick and would be in line to take Washington’s Markelle Fultz.

Like many Americans with a TV, De’Aaron Fox is familiar with LaVar Ball’s likeness — and message. But the likely NBA lottery pick says that wasn’t always so despite knowing Lonzo Ball in high school. “He went crazy this year,” Fox says of the elder Ball.

LaVar Ball has been vocal about his desire for his son to play for the Lakers, and he lobbied for the match.

“Team-wise, the Lakers are a better fit,” he said after Lonzo’s first workout. “They really don’t have a leader. Boston already went to the playoffs. They have a leader.”

Lonzo Ball has worked out only for the Lakers. But after Friday’s workout, Ball will consider talking to other lottery teams that have asked to speak with him, a source told Shelburne.

According to Spectrum Sports Net, Magic Johnson, president of basketball operations, and general manager Rob Pelinka were the only representatives of the Lakers to attend Friday’s workout.

The Lakers, who have the No. 2 pick in the draft on June 22, had Kansas forward Josh Jackson in for a second look on Tuesday. They also brought in Kentucky point guard De’Aaron Fox for a private workout Tuesday, after seeing him at the combine.

On Thursday, the Lakers worked out the player most regard as the likely No. 1 pick, Washington guard Markelle Fultz.